Device for turning pocket-like articles



, F. DREYER.

DEVICE FOR TURNING POCKET LIKE ARTICLES.

. APPLICATION FILED AUG.26, I9l9. 1,355,947.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

INVENTOR jso UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK DREYER, oFiE LIz ABETH, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR TURNING PQCKET-LIKE ARTICLE S;

Specificationof LettersPatent. Pate t d O t 19 1920 Application filed August 26, 1919. Serial No. 319,976.

, lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for turning pocket-like articles, and particularly articles of apparel, such as soft'turn-down collars, although it can be utilized for turning other articles, particularly when such articles require the initial turning at the corners. V 7' An instance of the use of this device is in the turning of'collars, particularly of the turn-down style when made of soft fabric and which, when manufactured, are made inside out; that is, the lining and the inner lining are placed outside of the fabric of which the garment is made and then stitched, and after this is done the collar must be turned so that the fabric is turned to the outside.

In collars of this type the styles sometimes require a rather long point, and in turning these by hand the operators take up a great deal of time and sometimes use a tapered stick or similar implement to turn the corners, and in working rapidly the use of this implement sometimes tears or rips the article.

In my improved device the corner of the article is placed on a finger, and a cooperating finger is placed end to end with the first finger, the fingers being so constructed that the extreme point seated on the first mentioned finger is turned first and then the article itself is turned. In this way the extremity or the point of the pocket-like article undergoes the initial step of the operation, is not subjected to any tearing or ripping strain and is held in this position until the turning of the entire corner of the article is completed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which one form of machine embodying my invention is illustrated, and in which drawing Figure 1 is a side view of such machineland Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the ends of the fingers, the upper finger being shown in section.

The machine consists of two fingers that are adapted to meet end to end, and to provide for the meeting and separation of these DREYER, a citifingers they are movable relative to each other, the preferred way being to mount'one of the fingers in fixed position and having the other finger movable. V i

In the drawing, 10 is the fixed finger fastened to a suitable support 11 which rests on the bracket 12, the movable finger 13 belng slidable in bearings ll'on the bracket 12, and while the details of the machine for causlng the meeting and separation of the fingers are not essential, I have illustrated one type in which the bracket 12 is mounted on a suitable stand ortable'15. 12 has means for pivotallysupporting the lever 16, which is connected by a rod 17 with the foot lever 18, so that when the foot is pressed forward the movable finger is moved upward, and when the foot is tilted the other way, that is, the outer end of the foot lever is depressed, the movable finger is moved downward or away from the fixed fin er. V f

- The support 11 is preferably bent or doubled upon itself in'a big enough arc to make the necessary clearance between the finger 10 and the support 11. The fingers 10 and 13 are tapered toward their ends, at least one of the fingers, in this form the finger 10, having a pin 19 projecting therefrom, which pin forms the tip of the finger and'can retreat longitudinally because it can slide in the finger, the finger being recessed to contain the spring 20 which bears on the end or head 21 of the pin.

To permit the easy installation of the pin and the spring'I may secure the pin to the end of the support by means of a sleeve 22, which covers the end of the finger and the end of the support, the finger, when in place, insuring the abutment of the spring against the end of the support, and when removed permitting the easy removal of the spring further pressure tightens this grip and also causes the pin to retreat, and the pin, in retreating, passes to the inner end of the re- The bracket cessed or counter-sunk portion 24 in the end of the finger 10. The counter-sunk portion 7 24 and the end of the finger 13 now hold the tip of the corner in turned position; in

other words, the initial turning of the tip To provide against straining the support 1101* causing unnecessary pressure of the movable fi'ngeraga'inst the fixed finger, I prefer to'limit the movement of the movable finger by means of a-collarf25 which, abutting against the bearing 14, stops the movablefinger when it has reached a point in the counter-sunk end of the-finger 10 to firmly grasp the material of which the pocket-like article is made.

I claim:

1. A machine forturning pocket-like articles consisting of two fingers adapted to meet end to-end, one of said fingers having 'itsend countersunk, a pin projecting from the countersunk end to form a tip for. the finger, and means for yieldingly holding the tip in advanced position. 7 V

2. A machine for turning pocket-like articles consisting oftvvo fingers'adapted *to 7 meet end to-end, one of said fingers having a pin slidable therein, and a spring in the finger'and bearing on the pin so that the pin normally projects fio form" atip, the

finger havingthe end from "Whichthe pin projects recessed seas-to rec'eive' the end 01? the second finger When the'fingers meet" and the tip're'treats.

In testimony that Icl'aimV the foregoing,

I haveheretoset my hand, this 22nd day-of Angus t, 191a FRANK-DREXERL 

